New Year Honours: New Zealanders recognised for acting, saving lives, writing hymns and more

Among New Zealand’s very first movie market stars and a kid cancer medical professional are amongst receivers of the nation’s leading honours

“It’s an extremely Kiwi thing, this position of being a jack-of-all-trades simply in order to pay the lease,” states acclaimed star, author and director for phase and screen, Ian Mune.

He was amongst 151 receivers of New Year Honours, acknowledged for their accomplishments or service to their neighborhoods.

He’s signed up with by Dr Scott Macfarlane, likewise made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for changing cancer treatment for kids, and The Right Honourable Trevor Mallard, previous Speaker of your house of Representatives.

Māori magnate Pania Tyson-Nathan has actually been made a Dame, together with Samoan New Zealand-born Sarai Bareman, for her services to football governance.

A star with more than 70 screen functions to date, Sir Ian has actually continued to carry out in a range of movie, tv and theatre productions, most just recently in the mini-series The Pact (2021 ).

“The one I’m enthusiastic about is the one I’m doing at the time,” he informed RNZ“If I’m acting that’s what I’m enthusiastic about, if I’m directing that’s what I’m enthusiastic about, if I’m composing that’s what I’m enthusiastic about.”

He co-wrote Sleeping Dogs (1977) and Farewell Pork Pie (1981 ); and directed Came a Hot Friday (1984 ), the coming-of-age drama End of the Golden Weather (1991 ), The entire of the Moon (1997) and the follow up to As soon as Were Warriors, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (1999) – among others.

Now 82 years of ages, he is identified as a leader who established the theatre and movie market into feasible occupations in New Zealand.

3 other health specialists have actually been made Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: paediatric anaesthetist and extensive care professional Brian Anderson, professional anaesthetist Vanessa Beavis and radiologist Graeme Bydder.

Kept in mind New Zealand hymn author Marnie Barrell has actually been identified for her work and made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. The music instructor, lay preacher and artist at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Christchurch has actually been hymn composing because 1986 and approximates she has actually composed “50 or 60”.

She informed RNZ she was “incredulous and pleased” to be noted as a recipient – however just after she understood the e-mail wasn’t a rip-off.

When asked what made an excellent hymn, she stated: “It’s on the edge of poetry.

“It requires to be gotten in touch with the historical faith of the Church however likewise requires to relocate modern instructions.

“The Church’s thinking does develop a good deal with time.”

Choices about the receivers were made by the previous federal government, prior to the 2023 General Election.

Below is the complete list of the New Year Honours for 2024.

DNZM: To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Sarai-Paea (Sarai) Bareman – For services to football governance

Pania Tyson-Nathan (Rongomaiwahine), MNZM, JP – For services to Māori and company

KNZM: To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Dr Scott Duncan Macfarlane – For services to health

The Right Honourable Trevor Colin Mallard – For services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of your house of Representatives

Ian Barry Mune, OBE – For services to movie, tv and theatre

CNZM: To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Teacher Brian Joseph Anderson – For services to paediatrics and anaesthesia

Dr Vanessa Shona Beavis – For services to anaesthesia

David Kenrick Beeche – For services to sports administration

Teacher Timothy Clinton Bell – For services to computer technology education

John Donald Brakenridge – For services to the New Zealand food and fiber sectors and the merino market

Teacher Graeme Mervyn Bydder – For services to medical imaging

Philip (Pip) Maxwell Cheshire – For services to architecture

Clive Ernest Fugill (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Rangi Wewehi) – For services to Māori art

Dale Mary Adeline Garratt – For services to Christian music production

David Reginald Garratt – For services to Christian music production

Clive David (David) Hill, MNZM – For services to literature, especially kids’s literature

Yolanda Lou-Anne Wisewitch Soryl – For services to literacy education

Dr Kevin Edward Trenberth – For services to geophysics

Jo-anne Edna Mary (Lady Dingle) Wilkinson, MNZM – For services to youth

James Ross (Ross) Wilson (Ngāi Tahu) – For services to the trade union motion and work environment security

Dr Johanna Julene Wood – For services to football governance

ONZM: To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Partner Professor James Gregory (Greg) Anson – For services to work out sciences and neuroscience

Susan Battye – for services to carrying out arts education

Teacher Francis Harry (Frank) Bloomfield – For services to neonatology

Ereti Taetuha (Letty) Brown (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou), QSM – For services to Māori and early youth education

Richard Waldron Bunton – For services as a heart cosmetic surgeon

Steven George (Steve) Campbell – For services to Search and Rescue

Dr Rosemary Beatrice Cathcart, QSM – For services to talented kids

Dr Cherie Maria Chu-Fuluifaga – For services to education

Valerie Ann (Val) Deakin – For services to dance

Barbara Helen Dreaver – For services to investigative journalism and Pacific neighborhoods

Dr Graeme Peter Elliott – For services to wildlife preservation

Philip Douglas Gifford – For services to broadcasting and sports journalism

Theodora Mary Götz – For services to gymnastics

Anthony Trevor Gray – For services to accounting and Māori company

Investigator Inspector Craig James Hamilton – For services to the New Zealand Police and neighborhood

Rosemary Alice (Rose) Henderson – For services to social work and health

Robert George Holding – For services to Pacific literature and organization

Partner Professor Tristram Richard Ingham (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Porou) – For services to the special needs neighborhood

Emeritus Professor Edith Marion (Marion) Jones – For services to education

Marie Carmel Celebrado Lindaya – For services to multicultural neighborhoods

Frank Lindsay – For services to the apiculture market

Norah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Matthews – for services to curling

Hamish John McCrostie – For services to outside leisure and Search and Rescue

James Robert Morris – For services to table tennis

Dr Hana Merenea O’Regan (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) – For services to education

Dr Anneliese Ruth Parkin – for services to the general public Service

Jane Frances Patterson, MNZM – For services to sports administration

Kevin Frank Pivac – For services to the deaf rugby neighborhood

Mary Jane Rivers – For services to community-led advancement, governance and education

Dr Caroline Seelig – For services to education

Tania Joy Te Rangingangana Simpson (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Tahu) – For services to governance and Māori

Dr Simon Snook – For services to reproductive health

Larnce Joseph Wichman – For services to the seafood market and marine preservation

Rosemary Dawn (Rose) Wilkinson – For services to the blind and vision impaired neighborhood

Major General Evan George Williams – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Emeritus Professor Peter Donald (Don) Wilson – For services to obstetrics and gynaecology

Jodi Ann Wright – For services to the arts

MNZM: To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Harriet Bennett Allan – For services to the publishing market

Margaret Louise (Marnie) Barrell – For services as a hymn author

Luke Boustridge – For services to the electrical market and employment training

Monica Jacqueline Briggs – For services to ladies and governance

Patrick William Bronte – For services to military history

Barbara Joan Dewson – For services to oral and oral health treatment

Carla Elena Donson – For services to ladies and the neighborhood

Aaron Murray Fleming – For services to the neighborhood and sport

Tevita Filisonu’u Funaki – For services to Pacific health

Robert Lawrence Gemmell – For services to martial arts and the neighborhood

Pamela Mary (Pam) Hanna – For services to the neighborhood and early youth education

Roslyn Aileen Hiini – For services to females and the union motion

Phillip Terence (Phil) Humphreys – For services to individuals with impairments and sport

Christine Mary (Kira) Hundleby – For services to Pacific arts

Richard Geoffrey Keddell – For services to orthopaedics

Trevor John Kempton – For services to the arts and city government

Julie Ann King – For services to education

Joan (Jo) Knight – For services to the environment

Patricia Jacqueline (Jacqui) Knight – For services to Lepidoptera preservation and the neighborhood

Philippa Agnes Laufiso – For services to arts and the neighborhood

Vivien Lynette Heretaniwha (Heretaniwha) Lee – For services to detainee assistance and Māori

Tupe Lualua – For services to the arts

Huhana Te Uru Naomi Anne (Naomi) Manu (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) – For services to STEM education and Māori

Aych Carlin McArdle – For services to the rainbow neighborhood

Pearl Naulder – For services to education

Aaron Roger Nicholson – For services to the New Zealand Police and Search and Rescue

Dinah Jane Okeby – For services to the general public Service

Kahira Rata Patricia Olley (Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Toa) – For services to females, youth and the avoidance of household violence

Ria Dawn Percival – For services to football

Dr Anne Doloras Perera – For services to food science and nutrition

Anuradha Ramkumar – For services to Indian classical dance

Paul William James Reti (Ngāpuhi) – For services to ju-jitsu

Alexandra Lowe (Ali) Riley – For services to football

Silao Vaisola (Lemalu Silao) Sefo – For services to Pacific health

Susan Jane (Jane) Sinclair – For services to art and education

Prem Singh – For services to multicultural neighborhoods

Harold Edgar (Edgar) Spark – For services to train unions

The Honourable Maryan Street – For services as a Member of Parliament and to human and democratic rights

Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni – For services to education

Yvonne Lenette (Bonnie) Sue – For services to health and Māori

Joyce Alma Talbot – For services to the cruising administration

Teacher Yvonne Jasmine Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill – For services to tertiary education and Pacific Development

Makerita (Vaosa ole Tagaloa Makerita Urale) Urale – For services to Pacific arts

Tama-o-Rangi (Tama) Waipara (Ngāti Ruapani, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou) – For services to Māori music

David John West – For services to neighborhood advancement

Diane Christine Wilson (Maniapoto) – For services to the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association

Senior Sergeant Karl Edwin Rostance Wilson – For services to the New Zealand Police, catastrophe victim recognition and Search and Rescue

Lindsay Macdonald Wood – For services to ecological sustainability and environment modification awareness

Honorary

Ismail Kaşdemir – For services to New Zealand-Türkiye relations

The Queen’s Service Order QSO: To be Companions of the Queen’s Service Order

Paul Thomas Gibson – For services to handicapped individuals

The Queen’s Service Medal QSM

Victoria Louise Andrews – For services to heritage conservation and preservation

Lyall Ashley Bailey – For services to the neighborhood and city government

David Alan (Ginge) Burnett – For services to multisport

Ian Peter (Peter) Carr, JP – For services to the neighborhood

Neville Albert Carter – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand rugby

Paul Clements – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the neighborhood

Ewen Douglas Phillip Coleman – For services to theatre

Lawrence John (Laurie) Counsell – For services to rowing

Alison Eleanor Crawford – For services to the neighborhood

Russel George Geange – For services to swimming and rugby

Helen Alison Gordon – For services to the neighborhood

Trevor John Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu) – For services to the neighborhood

Katherine Jane (Katie Terris) Hawley – For services to the neighborhood and the arts

Barbara Mary Hay – For services to the neighborhood and education

Kristeen Elizabeth Johnston – For services to the neighborhood

Eruera Taihaere (Eru) Kaiwai (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti) – For services to the neighborhood

Allan John Kerr – For services to music

Geoffrey Ramon (Geoff) Lienert – For services to sports administration, especially biking and sports

Te Ao Marama Maaka (Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Wairere a Ngāi te Rangi) – For services to the neighborhood

Brian Campbell McCandless, CB, CBE – For services to the neighborhood

Desmond Frank (Des) Meads – For services to hockey and the neighborhood

Ngahiwi Takamore Meroiti (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tama) – For services to netball

Dr Michael John Hugh Miller – For services to rural health

Manisha Morar – For services to the Indian neighborhood

Bruce Alexander Nairn – For services to the neighborhood and sport

Hansaben Dhanji (Hansa) Naran, JP – For services to the Indian neighborhood

Karen Gaye Ngatai – For services to the neighborhood

Pleasure Margaret Oakly – For services to ladies and education

Gavin John O’Donnell – For services to the rural neighborhood and preservation

Brian Ernest Gladstone Pegler – For services to social work

James Harry (Harry) Piner, MStJ – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the neighborhood

Alister Douglas Robertson – For services to individuals with dementia

Jennifer Mary Mayson Saywood, JP – For services to corrective justice and females

Jennifer Mary Schollum – For services to the neighborhood and heritage conservation

Susan Gay (Susan Jordan) Stevens Jordan – For services to senior citizens and dance

Rowena Ngaio Tana (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Te Kapotai, Ngāti Kawa, Te Orewai, Ngāti Te Ara, Ngāpuhi), JP – For services to the Māori neighborhood

Rai Vaeruarangi – For services to the Cook Islands neighborhood

William Neil (Neil) Walker – For services to outside bowls and smallbore rifle shooting

Athula Cuda Bandara Wanasinghe, JP – For services to the Sri Lankan neighborhood and cricket

Honorary

Liyanage Sadun Sampath (Sadun) Kithulagoda – For services to the Sri Lankan neighborhood

The New Zealand Antarctic Medal NZAM

Dr Megan Ruby Balks – For services to Antarctic soil science

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration DSD

Lieutenant Commander Louis James Munden-Hooper – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Lieutenant Commander Makoare Kohupara (Mark) Te Kani (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Te Whakatōhea), MNZM – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force